That is the middle of 5,319 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 9.2 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
5,319 homes sold in three years: 16 detached houses, 132 semi-detached houses, 2,099 terraced houses and 3,072 flats and maisonettes.
Detached houses£538K
median sale · 16 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£475K–£743K
Last 12 months
£583K6 sold
Semi-detached houses£485K
median sale · 132 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£425K–£600K
Last 12 months
£458K34 sold
Terraced houses£465K
median sale · 2,099 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£415K–£550K
Last 12 months
£475K589 sold
Flats and maisonettes£415K
median sale · 3,072 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£318K–£537K
Last 12 months
£360K694 sold
New build
£550K
The mix
A flat market: 58% of homes sold are flats
Detached houses0%
Semi-detached houses2%
Terraced houses39%
Flats and maisonettes58%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Newham’s homes sold for between £360K and £547K
One sale in ten was under £278K and one in ten over £668K. 6% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £447,500, sits in the £400–500K band
5,319 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 9.2 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £46,850 in 1995 to £430,000 in the last 12 months (£417,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
1,323 sales in the last 12 months, against 5,574 in 2002, the busiest year, and 1,420 in 2009. Sales fell by 68% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 13%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 31% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Newham costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Newham, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Flats and maisonettes rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£91K
£142K
£240K
£245K
£377K
£533K
£583K
Semi-detached houses
£60K
£115K
£215K
£249K
£378K
£420K
£458K
Terraced houses
£50K
£97K
£205K
£225K
£330K
£420K
£475K
Flats and maisonettes
£35K
£70K
£161K
£193K
£276K
£415K
£360K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
4% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
15,726 new homes have been sold in Newham since 1995; the share peaked at 46% in 2018.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £550,000
against £427,000 for a home sold on, 29% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
59% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 3.2% sold leasehold in Newham. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Royal Crest Avenue is Newham’s busiest street, with 191 sales in three years
294 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 97 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Royal Crest Avenue
E16
191
£553,500
Mostly flats · new builds
2
Bonnet Street
E16
164
£580,000
Mostly flats · new builds
3
Affinity View
E16
132
£572,725
Mostly flats · new builds
4
Riverscape Walk
E16
122
£574,000
Mostly flats · new builds
5
Western Gateway
E16
93
£425,000
Mostly flats
6
Eden Place
E16
88
£462,569
Mostly flats · new builds
7
Seagull Lane
E16
86
£456,475
Mostly flats · new builds
8
High Street (E15)
E15
86
£355,000
Mostly flats
9
Royal Wharf Walk
E16
65
£780,000
Mostly flats · new builds
10
Great Eastern Road
E15
46
£554,000
Mostly flats
11
North Woolwich Road
E16
46
£486,125
Mostly flats · new builds
12
Tidal Basin Road
E16
46
£425,000
Mostly flats
13
Schooner Road
E16
44
£552,000
Mostly flats
14
Glasshouse Gardens
E20
36
£487,500
Mostly flats
15
Starboard Way
E16
36
£457,500
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Villiers Gardens: £1,230,000
Newham median£448K
Villiers Gardens£1.2M
Hampton Road£975K
Capel Road£960K
Osborne Road£960K
Sidney Road£905K
Cheapest streets
Peto Street North: £152,500
Newham median£448K
Peto Street North£153K
Royal Quay Road£166K
Rymill Street£180K
Sheridan Road£235K
Harrier Way£235K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 8.1 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across London
Newham is the 29th most expensive of 33 towns in London
Newham is one of London’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Newham
What is the average house price in Newham?
The median home in Newham sold for £447,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 5,319 standard sales (£430,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £537,500, semi-detached houses £485,000, terraced houses £465,000 and flats and maisonettes £415,000.
Are house prices going up in Newham?
The median was £452,468 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£450,000), and £430,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Newham each year?
1,323 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 2,452 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Newham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Villiers Gardens (E20, £1,230,000), Hampton Road (E7, £974,500) and Capel Road (E7, £960,000).
How much does a new build cost in Newham?
New homes sold for a median £550,000 over three years, against £427,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 16% of sales.
Is Newham expensive for London?
Newham is the 29th most expensive of 33 towns of 2,500 or more in London by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.